Pandora OS (SuperZaxxon GNU/Linux)Everything about the standard GNU/Linux-Distribution on the Pandora.Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:44:27 +0000Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:44:27 +0000Official Pyra and Pandora Sitehttps://pyra-handheld.com/boards/forums/pandora-os-superzaxxon-gnu-linux.205/
SuperZaxxon incremental update changelogThu, 05 Apr 2018 20:32:30 +0000https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/superzaxxon-incremental-update-changelog.70368/
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/superzaxxon-incremental-update-changelog.70368/invalid@example.com (notaz)notazWarning: selecting "Upgrade Pandora OS" will get you development versions of various packages that are not fully tested yet. Doing so may make your pandora temporarily unusable and you may have to reflash.

How do I modify that list? The plugin GUI does not have anything implemented yet.]]>6Docker on pandora's default OSThu, 16 Feb 2017 01:18:42 +0000https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/docker-on-pandoras-default-os.79087/
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/docker-on-pandoras-default-os.79087/invalid@example.com (notaz)notazarmhf stuff, I've added some missing armhf libs and enabled various kernel options needed by Docker and it seems to work for me.

Installation
warning: if things go wrong, you'll most likely have to reflash.

First run "Upgrade Pandora OS" from the system menu to get the latest kernel, reboot.
Then you need to install the armhf libs (you'll need roughly...

Thanks]]>5SuperZaxxon v1.75Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:55:24 +0000https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/superzaxxon-v1-75.77636/
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/superzaxxon-v1-75.77636/invalid@example.com (notaz)notaz
This release is mostly about idle power saving (reduced battery usage when you close the lid or leave pandora doing nothing), which was released and discussed before, but now you get a flashable image too. It also comes with an updated bootloader. I'll just go forth with a changelog now:

u-boot: updated to a...

SuperZaxxon v1.75]]>105experimental hardfp (armhf) support for Super ZaxxonTue, 06 Dec 2016 22:05:24 +0000https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/experimental-hardfp-armhf-support-for-super-zaxxon.77210/
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/experimental-hardfp-armhf-support-for-super-zaxxon.77210/invalid@example.com (notaz)notazIntro
So in the early days when we started with pandora, Cortex-A8 was state-of-art CPU and ARM9 (with no FPU) was still common, so gcc did not have armhf support. It did support the VFP instructions already, but still used the old ABI, so called softfp. The situation was similar when the first units shipped (well Cortex-A8 has become common, but armhf was still not there), so we are stuck on softfp now to maintain compatibility. The same is even true for Android, it's...

When I am connected I can use text based apps to ping IP Addresses and DNS names both internally and externally.
The Links browser will also connect me to websites by both IP Address and DNS name.

If I try to use a GUI app such as Firefox, Midori, Filezilla, gFTP, I cannot connect to anything by DNS name but I can with an...

WiFi/DNS issue]]>7Pandora stops charging after a few days?Sat, 27 Aug 2016 17:56:32 +0000https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/pandora-stops-charging-after-a-few-days.77551/
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/pandora-stops-charging-after-a-few-days.77551/invalid@example.com (ZXDunny)ZXDunny
Leave the Pandora plugged in and switched on (though most of the time asleep) and after a few days it stops charging and battery capacity drops towards zero over the course of a few hours - Pandora doing nothing but looking at an empty XFCE desktop.

Rebooting via the log out menu doesn't help, but a hard reset using Pandora button and power slider fixes it and charging starts again.

Idle optimization]]>59Trying to fix the backlight bug...Sat, 25 Jun 2016 07:10:05 +0000https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/trying-to-fix-the-backlight-bug.77558/
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/trying-to-fix-the-backlight-bug.77558/invalid@example.com (Zink)Zink
This is somewhat annoying for people listening to audio on Pandora, as when Pandora is...

Thanks, Shaun.]]>11(U-)Booting & such stuffSun, 27 Mar 2016 23:23:02 +0000https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/u-booting-such-stuff.77148/
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/u-booting-such-stuff.77148/invalid@example.com (urjaman)urjaman
Firstly, yeah i think the MLO in my rescue images is an old one built for CCs (it boots a rebirth but w/ 256M of RAM....).
The thing is that i cant be bothered to actually test this small rescue image made with the new MLO (I did use it with my big SD partition fine)...
I'll let just somebody else do it (and i only have a rebirth anyways), so new filename:...